It has achieved all-round socio-economic progress since independence. As the 7th largest country in the world, india stands apart from the rest of asia, marked off as it is by mountains and the sea, which … India is the name given to the vast peninsula which the continent of asia throws out to the south of the magnificent mountain ranges that stretch in a sword like curve across the southern border

India is now the most populous country in the world, with an estimated population of 1. 4 billion people (in 2024). The country is subdivided into 29 states and seven union territories. With an area of …